I think it would be sufficient to come up with a new binary metapackage called "c-developer-tools" that pulled in these packages: "autoconf, manpages-dev, doxygen, yasm, ccache, distcc, build-essential".
That should pull in a sufficient amount of documentation and tools to help an aspiring developer get started. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391472 Title: [needs-packaging] Replacement for build-essential with more manpages and helper packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/build-essential/+bug/391472/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs